the game is up

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Secret plans or activities have been revealed, usually leading to their failure.

    习语 非正式

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries So far as Pridger was concerned the game was up. He had cooked the buying, he had cooked the selling, he had systematically pillaged the stock.